FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2003 Volume 2, Issue 234 FREE Santa Monica Daily Press A newspaper with issues L O T T O Organization’s FANTASY 5 5, 31, 24, 28, 22 DAILY 3 finances released Afternoon picks: 1, 3, 3 Evening picks: 5, 8, 3 DAILY DERBY to some members 1st Place: 08, Gorgeous George 2nd Place: 10, Solid Gold Legal complaint by OPCO chairman Rick Laudati. 3rd Place: 07, Eureka The organization missed its dead- requesting documents line last fall to respond in court to Race Time: 1:43.69 ignored by board chair the complaint. The inaction put OPCO in technical default, thus NEWS OF preventing the organization from THE WEIRD BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON by Chuck Shepard Daily Press Staff Writer defending itself.

According to Norway’s Newspaper VG A neighborhood community (which is currently running a series organization’s finances that were “I have a right to on odd summer jobs), teenager Svein kept secret for more than two years see them and I Tore Hauge’s job may take the prize: apparently have been released to Armed with a shovel and a container, some of its board members. asked for them.” he works at Saerheim Plant However, the one person who Research, following cattle around and legally requested bank statements — TOM FULLER catching their excreta before it can hit from the Ocean Park Community OPCO member the ground. Because the work-prod- Organization hasn’t received them, uct is used for scientific study, it must despite having filed a complaint in Because of legal technicalities, be “pristine,” free of grass, dirt, for- Los Angeles Superior Court nearly Fuller and his attorney, Gary eign bacteria, etc. Sometimes, it’s a year ago. In that complaint, Clouse, were asked by Superior easy, he said, but, “Sometimes it just OPCO member Tom Fuller Court Judge Allan J. Goodman to sprays in all directions.” demanded the release of financial amend the complaint. The court QUOTE OF records for 2000 and 2001. required that Laudati be served THE DAY The complaint, filed last September, has gone unanswered See FINANCES, page 8 “These are days when it John Wood/Daily Press takes all you’ve got just to Big Blue Bus driver Michael Burton, the longest-serving city SM beaches are better, but keep up with the losers.” employee, will retire in December after nearly four decades. – Robert Orben Bus driver found his still among state’s dirtiest INDEX BY JOHN WOOD and 1 percent to sewage discharge. Daily Press Staff Writer Santa Monica Beach was either Horoscopes closed or hit with a warning 59 Smile tonight, Aries ...... 2 true calling in life Santa Monica Bay beaches are times in 2002, while Will Rogers Kindness, smile gained highly fulfilling career. Burton among the dirtiest in the state, State Beach was targeted 34 times, Local has driven a Big Blue Bus around according to a report released this according to the report. To the Readers opine on OPCC ...... 3 him many friends during Santa Monica ever since that day week by a national environmental 36 years behind wheel in 1967. His 36 years on the job group. See BEACHES, page 9 Opinion make him the longest employed However, the report also said water quality in 2002 improved BY PATRICK KINMARTIN city worker. Heal the Bay’s ‘Beach Railing against homeless shelter . .4 over 2001 and 2000, largely Special to the Daily Press Burton, 63, was honored by the Report Card’ this week: because of drier weather. Entertainment City of Santa Monica during the When Michael Burton stood at Big Blue Bus’ 75th anniversary Beaches in Los Angeles County Ocean Park Beach at Costner rides the ‘Open Range’ . . .7 the front of a Big Blue Bus for the commemoration last March. At were either closed or slapped with Ashland Ave...... A+ first time, his mind began to race. the ceremony, he was given a advisories for a total of 913 days State in 2002, making them the second Santa Monica Beach at “I felt like I was like looking clock with a Big Blue Bus on it as Strand St...... A Mysterious statue appears ...... 11 down the edge of a cliff — it was a symbol of the city’s gratitude dirtiest in California, directly like the darn thing never ended,” for the time he has put in. behind those in Orange County, Santa Monica Beach at National he said, recalling the day he began “You don’t think about it until according to the Natural Pico Blvd...... C training as a driver. “It was people remind you, and then it Resources Defense Council’s 13th Bush visits SM Mountains today . .12 annual report on water quality. Santa Monica Beach humongous, and I was about to just hits you in the face,” Burton at Arizona Ave...... A+ drive it ... All I remember thinking said. “I can’t believe it when I sit Ninety-two percent of beach clo- International sures and advisories in 2002 were was, ‘What am I getting myself and think about it. I could have Santa Monica Beach at North Korea to receive nothing . .13 caused by high levels of bacteria into here?’” never envisioned 36 years.” Montana Ave...... F stemming from “undetermined Little did Burton know he was But what’s more impressive People in the News sources,” according to the report, Will Rogers State Beach beginning what would become a See BURTON, page 9 at Santa Monica Canyon . . . . .A+ Diaz photographer arrested . . . . .20 which attributed 7 percent to rain

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Readers sound off on homeless shelter Yes Kevin, the water really is 65 degrees today. But it feels This past Sunday, Q-line asked: warmer, we promise. Get ready for a new SSW to start showing this morning and fill in Today the “Should the OPCC homeless shelter be moved to the city’s eastside? If by afternoon. It should set up some fun waist-high-plus waves before water Is: not, where is the best place to put it?” fading by Sunday. Here are your responses: OUTLOOK: There is some typical summer activity off of Baja that’s worth watching, but no news on it yet. Also, there’s a head-high swell headed our way for the end of next week. Nice one. 65º (Editor’s note: The City Council and they don’t do anything to stop it. Get stoked on an epic sesh? Get burned by a bad report? Write approved the eastside homeless shelter They make all these ordinances and do us at [email protected] and tell us what the surf is doing today at Sunrise - 6:17 a.m. location on Wednesday. However, it not enforce any of the ordinances your local break. Sunset - 7:54 p.m. agreed to keep daytime services at the regarding the homeless sleeping on the current OPCC location and only use the streets. I walked Wilshire Boulevard this LOW TIDE HIGH TIDE new shelter for overnight services and morning and there were four people Morning Height Evening Height Morning Height Evening Height possibly affordable housing.) sleeping in one block between Fifth and Fourth streets. The police are not enforc- SATURDAY 2:32 -0.8 1:39 2.5 9:11 4.0 7:55 6.7 ■ “Once again, the people have been ing anything. Why would you inconven- SUNDAY 3:14 -1.1 2:29 2.3 9:48 4.3 8:41 6.8 thwarted. It is my opinion that a com- ience the residents on the eastside? This promise is no real solution. So much for is reprehensible to move it from one MONDAY 3:53 -1.1 3:15 2.0 10:22 4.4 9:24 6.8 the will of the people.” mess to another mess.” TUESDAY 4:29 -1.0 3:58 1.9 10:55 4.5 10:05 6.5

■ “Absolutely not. What were they ■ “There’s an underlying reason WEDNESDAY 5:03 -0.7 4:40 1.8 11:27 4.6 10:44 6.1 thinking? I think they need to do their behind moving the homeless shelter to THURSDAY 5:34 -0.2 5:23 1.8 11:58 4.7 11:22 5.6 research a little better. There’s definitely the eastside. The reason is to clean up the too many children in the area. Too many downtown area. This is not going to cut FRIDAY 6:04 0.3 6:08 1.9 N/A N/A 12:30 4.7 homes, people sleeping on their front it. The people on the eastside don’t want The Surf Report is sponsored by: porches as it is already. We have enough this homeless shelter there. It would cre- homeless in the area.” ate a mess. The homeless urinate in the parks, everything in Palisades Park. Why Today’s Special: Store Hours: ■ “As a member of the Disabilities subject the people on the eastside to the Commission, at our Aug. 4 meeting I mess you have downtown? All it’s going / lb Open was the only commission member vot- to do is spread the homeless further east Avocado Daily from ing to approve the OPCC proposed proj- and you’re never going to get back to T am to ect. OPCC did its homework; they what Santa Monica used to be 20 to 30 Burger he hes Tas wic pm examined 23 other locations. Our com- years ago. It’s impossible. I don’t think  tax included tiest Hawaiian Sand mission since February had about 15 this homeless shelter is going to help the pages on the OPCC plan. The homeless, homeless at all because there are a lot of Daily Specials come with Broadway Santa Monica the mentally ill, people with dual diag- drugs and illegal activity going on in french fries drink noses and veterans are the commission’s Palisades Park especially.” largest constituency. In my opinion, at our Aug. 4 meeting OPCC, its clients ■ “Absolutely. Cloverfield Boulevard ■ and the project deserved nothing less and Michigan Avenue would be a perfect dential area. Absolutely not. I think a good “No. Ocean Park Community Center than the commission’s support.” place for a homeless shelter. In addition to use would be of the RAND Corp. site way should stay out of residential areas. A stop that, the $74 million library project, which away from residential areas. There are has to be put on all these expansion plans ■ “No, I don’t think that the home- is just about completing its demolition enough of them wandering around resi- and siphoning of taxpayer money to feed, less shelter should be moved to the east- phase, ought to include 5 to 10 percent dential areas as it is. Why put a shelter in house, clothe, and rehabilitate the coun- side. Why should you inundate the employment of laborers who are extracted this area where they will be hanging even try’s vagrant population, who by hook or whole city with a bunch of homeless? from the homeless population to help more. Absolutely not!” by crook are beating a path to Santa You already have a whole mess in the relieve Santa Monica’s homeless problem. Monica, the homeless utopia. Let the downtown area of Santa Monica. Now Employment opportunities are the best ■ “The proposed homeless shelter Ocean Park Community Center relocate to you want to take this mess and move it way for these people to get off the street.” should be placed in the Montana area a vacated area, perhaps the old RAND to the eastside? I’m sure that had you because our wonderful neighbors there Corp. property far from residential areas. proposed a homeless shelter over in the ■ “An excellent location to install a should share the love. They always want They should really stop expanding because Montana area, it would never have been homeless shelter would be on the front to place their wonderful love for the it is a never-ending cycle. The more they passed because it would have caused lawn of the United States Federal Building homeless in the Pico area. Let’s also share build, the more will come, the more such an up-cry that the City Council on Wilshire Boulevard and Westwood. Do it. Put it a little north of Montana. A one money, the more feeding programs. It’s would look really bad. The City Council not let that space go to waste!” time fee, buy some wonderful land there, never going to stop. Santa Monica can’t has managed to inundate this whole city it’s more beautiful. And put the homeless care for the world’s homeless population.” with homeless by their feeding programs ■ “Absolutely not. Not in a nice resi- people there. Let’s share it.” See Q-LINE, page 5 Since 1967 Quality & Value Always! WE DELIVER! Throughout Santa Monica Open 6am - 2:30pm Mon. - Fri. esh Ingre 6am - 4pm Sat. - Sun. • Fr die e n d ts “Voted Best in L.A.” a • m D — America Online Poll e in m n 1/2 lb. 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I have only one thing that has twinked our stay a little: the number of homeless Maybe city workers don’t want to live here people and vagrants that seem to be in Santa Monica. Maybe this is a problem nation- Editor: wide in America, but there seems to be a very large percentage based here. Your article about the majority of Santa Monica city employees not living in Santa On quite a few occasions my husband and I have been pestered by them asking for Monica raises several interesting questions. money. We have always politely refused them saying we are on vacation and do not Because most city employees do not live here, is this why city staff brings forward have that much spare money ourselves. They mostly seem to understand. But, one of and supports the multitude of homeless programs and services the city provides? And the vagrants who asked us for not only $1, but $10, approached us while we were if they don’t live here, why should city employees be concerned with the fallout? relaxing on our hotel patio. So now he knows our hotel and our patio and keeps com- And your article didn’t provide any substantive information or analysis about the ing and annoying us. It has certainly took a shine off our stay here in Santa Monica. salaries paid to city employees. Are city employees, including its upper management, We were certainly not heartless people and gave to charities at home. But these our firefighters and police being paid enough so they could to live here? people have no intention to look for a job or to even keep themselves clean. So why Or maybe they just don’t live here by choice. aren’t the police or council doing more to sort this problem out? I was here three years Perhaps given the option of living in Santa Monica — where I can’t take my two ago and there was the same number of them then. children to the public parks, the Promenade or even the grocery store without being I hope these people don’t leave a lasting impression on other foreign tourists as hassled by the homeless or having to avoid stepping in their bodily waste — city employees choose to live elsewhere so that their lives are not impacted by the home- they have us. It would be a big shame, because Santa Monica is mostly beautiful. less attracted by the city’s many programs and services. Is it possible city employees prefer clean, livable, sustainable places where they Michelle and Gary Hamblett can safely walk the streets, visit parks and go shopping with their kids? Sheffield, England

Katherine Marie Anderson Santa Monica Don’t move OPCC shelter, close it Editor: The taxpaying citizens of Santa Monica don’t want the OPCC shelter moved, we don’t want it anywhere. When are the elected officials of this city going to realize that we don’t want these crim- inals on our streets. We needed to tax property owners $225 more because our schools are in dire need of money — but we can find a few million for a new bum shelter! This is insane, just like the majority of the homeless that are attracted to our city thanks to our “compassionate” elected officials. STOP THE BUM SHELTER AND THE ILLEGAL FEEDINGS!

Jeff Bender Santa Monica Santa Monica is ‘mostly beautiful’ Editor: My husband and I are currently on a month’s vacation from England. It is also our honeymoon after getting married on July 15 in Las Vegas. Santa Monica is one of the most wonderful sea resorts we have ever visited. Beautiful beaches, clean sound, plenty of green spaces to sit and relax, the shopping areas are excellent, plus everyone we have met is so friendly and willing to help you. City spin machine stifles opposition to OPCC project likely necessitating millions more for ity to Crossroad's campus. of which, Millen said “...involved serious MY OPCC in the future. Typical of rhetoric I heard at City Hall crimes such as assaults and robberies.” Pico activists are mollified because on Tuesday night was a letter to the Daily Bottom line: The city just gave away WRITE without Access's estimated 250 daily Press from Chris Knauf (Aug. 13, 2003). nearly $10 million to a private, non-profit clients at 1751 Cloverfield, their neigh- Knauf, a Disabilities Commission mem- whose services provide no benefit to resi- By Bill Bauer borhood won't become Skid Row. ber implied that I was “putting spin on” dents and whose clients cost us tens of Supporters and detractors accused each and “wrong” when I wrote that his com- millions more for police, fire and other other of peddling lies and misinformation. mission “voted not to support OPCC's expenses, annually — all while ignoring The 1994 Public Safety Act, section Bloom, Genser and McKeown were espe- project.” For the record, they voted not to critical community needs, such as schools 2.69.010(f), states that the city is to: cially critical of Pico neighbors, accusing support the project at its intended site by a and parks. “Prevent an increase, and, wherever feasi- them of waging a malicious, distortion- 10 to 1 vote! Bloom, Genser and McKeown's ble, reduce city overall expenditures relat- filled smear campaign while ignoring Knauf continued, “One-thousand beds response: “How can housing money be ing to homeless services.” half-truths and misstatements promulgat- are needed every night and currently only diverted to education?” The City Council passed this ordinance ed by OPCC, project supporters and even 35 are provided by OPCC.” Nobody I know has suggested using on Sept. 13, 1994. Ken Genser and Bob the city itself. Wrong. housing money for schools. Holbrook, who were both on the council I got a kick out of the OPCC director, There are already hundreds of home- Earlier this year, the same council at the time, voted “yes.” who told the council how he personally less beds here at Samoshel, Sunlight members stalled and procrastinated on a This week, the City Council, led by talked to nearby Bergamot Station art Mission and others. Knauf and others school bailout, thereby forcing another Councilmen Ken Genser, Kevin McKeown gallery owners. accuse me of misinformation and “anti- school parcel tax on us — AND they still and Mayor Richard Bloom, wholehearted- “When they heard the truth, they homeless hysteria.” Fine guys, but get shortchanged our kids in the end. ly endorsed and approved staff recommen- understood what we were doing,” he said, your facts straight first. Meanwhile, they stand on their collective dations that the city fully fund Ocean Park implying support. Later, Bergamot During public input, a prickly Genser head to accommodate the world's vagrants Community Center's acquisition of 1751 Station’s tenant manager presented a peti- demanded that Chuck Allord — who is and transients. Cloverfield for relocation and expansion of tion to the council, signed by 36 gallery against the project — tell him, “How Between “requests” by staff for com- its homeless services. owners decidedly against the project. many of OPCC's clients are criminals?” mission endorsements and City TV's It was a done deal from the start. Oops! I think Genser was baiting Allord refusal to air Citizens for a Safer Santa The cash-strapped city will pony up The same held true at Crossroads because Genser knows this information is Monica's “No Skid Row” video, the $9.2 million in housing and transit funds School. OPCC implied Crossroads was not available and client records are confi- machine has done everything it can to for OPCC to purchase the property — for okay with the project. Not true. dential. limit debate, control, spin and legitimize their Daybreak shelter only. Assistant Head Master Bob Riddle said Attorney Mat Millen later responded to what is and always has been a done deal, Council instructed staff to find a way the school heard about it from a parent Genser with police department statistics and a spurious one at that. for the Access drop-in center to remain on and its only contact from OPCC was a stating that in 2000 and 2001, there were or near its present locale on bus property phone message. The school has serious 300 calls for service for the two blocks (Bill Bauer is a longtime Santa Monica at Seventh Street and Colorado Avenue — concerns because of the shelter’s proxim- adjacent to OPCC's current location, most resident and a freelance writer.) Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Page 5 OPINION GERMAN CAR SERVICE tion is already out of hand. More and Specialist in Repair of Porsche • VW • Audi • BMW more of this type of person is jumping • Best alternative to high dealer prices CONT., from page 3 on the gravy train. Meanwhile the qual- ity of life for Santa Monicans has deteri- • Complete service and repair ■ “Yes. The homeless shelter should orated substantially. The area has • All work guaranteed be built on the eastside — the eastside of become dirty, sickening, unsafe and • Locally owned and operated since 1965 the United States in an upscale suburb of very annoying. I realize that this is a Washington, D.C., where the politicians security for the so-called do-gooders, and bureaucrats live because they are but that issue has to be faced also.” 2202 OLYMPIC BLVD., SANTA MONICA • (310) 829-2563 responsible for the degradation of America. One of the founders, maybe ■ “I believe that its a bad idea to Jefferson, said something like, ‘If you relocate the OPCC to the eastside of ever allow a central bank to be estab- Santa Monica. This would be a lot more lished in this country, you’ll see your convenient for the homeless, because it children’s children homeless in the would be closer to where they feed and streets.’ That’s the present day reality closer to the police, since a large number with the Federal Reserve.” of their calls are dedicated to transient ■ populations anyway. They could be at “Add homeless shelters to the the police station or the RAND center, school district and put the homeless in which would keep them away from the Malibu. They’ll be happy to get yet residential areas. This would be better another subsidized service.” for everyone all around.” ■ “No. The homeless shelter should ■ “I don’t think we should have the not be moved to the eastside. It should homeless shelter anywhere in the city of not be in Santa Monica at all. We’ve Santa Monica. I think we should take the done enough for the homeless.” homeless and distribute them around the ■ “Yes. I think it should be moved. I other cities — Culver City, Beverly think its the perfect site for it and I think Hills and Mar Vista. Put them all around there’s a lot of misinformation out there.” and build one shelter in the middle, in between all those cities. Put it in Beverly ■ “There should be a shelter in Santa Hills. Then those people can see what Monica and I like the location of has been going on in Santa Monica.” Cloverfield Boulevard and Michigan ■ Avenue. I vote yes.” “I’m homeless myself and to relo- cate and spend more money on staffing, ■ “The homeless shelter should not who by the way enjoy milking the Santa Monica Daily Press be moved. We don’t want bigger shelters clock, will do absolutely nothing to help ADVERTISE! anywhere in the city. Keep it as is.” solve our problem. I’ve come from zero and have been able to surface pretty 310-458-7737 ■ “OPCC should not move. It has a much on my own. Thank you for Sam’s new expanded home in the new bus show. I have to thank you for that. yards. This has been approved and has Everything is catered to the few people been funded in the master plan. What is who choose to live this vulgar lifestyle HAVE YOU BEEN TOLD the sudden compulsion? If this agree- provided everything that is being given. ment was so easy then what has There is a surrounding odor that You May Need changed? What is now so important to envelops the OPCC and I’m sure that get OPCC to get an even bigger home? relocating would do nothing to lessen What arrangements are being made here the problem. There are a few cats who behind the public’s back to do this?” are here on pursuit of a dream and are Medication working hard to make that happen. I ■ “The homeless shelter should not that know if I was a resident around the For Type 2 Diabetes? be moved to the Pico neighborhood. Cloverfield area, I wouldn’t want an Give those residents a break. Cloverfield establishment such as the OPCC to and the 10 Freeway connection is open up in my area. As a homeless per- You May Be Eligible To Participate already congested and pedestrians who son myself, I am going to have to favor In A Study Of An Investigational New Drug do not use crosswalks will cause terrible against a new OPCC center. I see this as traffic jams. OPCC is not solving the propaganda to promote more homeless- If You Are… homeless problem in Santa Monica. ness, not to mention, abuse of the sys- They are encouraging it and making it tem who don’t want to do a damn thing • Currently unable to manage your type 2 diabetes worse. Enough is enough. Put the home- but receive hand outs. The money being with diet and exercise less shelter in the police station.” used on a new and improved depart- • Between 21 and 70 years of age ment should be used towards a housing ■ “No. The OPCC should not be fund for those individuals who believe You May… allowed to relocate into any residential and function in a clean environment and • Be eligible to participate in a nationwide clinical study area. The escalation of these homeless will jump-start best and will be able to of an investigational new drug for people with type 2 diabetes, vagrant services should stop. The situa- give back to the community.” sponsored b y Bristol-Myers Squibb • Gain access to a research treatment that is otherwise unavailable Opinions expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Santa Monica Daily Press staff. Guest editorials from residents are encouraged, as are letters to the editor. 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Entertainment Reviews ‘Magdalene Sisters’ leaves viewers angry BY DAN DUNN Duff) is raped by her cousin at a wed- Special to the Daily Press ding; Rose (Dorothy Duffy) gives birth to a child out of wedlock; and If a more powerful, thought-pro- Bernadette (Nora-Jane Noone) is voking film has been released this deemed too popular with the boys year, I’ve yet to see it. who cling to the fence outside her But be forewarned, “The orphanage. Magdalene Sisters,” which is based on actual events, is difficult to watch With these offenses on their (especially for staunch supporters of records, the inadvertent “mortal sin- of remarkable, especially those by home with all the subtlety of a thun- ners” are imprisoned indefinitely the Catholic Church), and designed to Noone (making her film debut as the derous blow to the head, the movie inside the forbidding walls of a leave audiences feeling emotionally headstrong survivor Bernadette) and begs for a counter-punch we’re inca- devastated and angry. Magdalene asylum. There they are Geraldine McEwan in a wicked turn as subjected to intolerable cruelty by the pable of delivering. So we’re left feel- Still, I couldn’t recommend another the sadistic overseer, Sister Bridget. ing beaten and frustrated like the vic- film more highly. Sisters of Mercy, who force their Director Peter Mullan makes no tims of the asylums … and maybe “The Magdalene Sisters” is set in charges to act as a free labor force for attempt to conceal his outrage and dis- sexually-repressed Ireland in 1964. At a lucrative full-service laundry busi- gust at what transpired for over 100 that’s exactly as it should be. the outset, we’re introduced to three ness. Recall every prison movie con- years in these Magdalene asylums, the young women who are about to fall vention you’ve seen and know that last of which was closed only eight (Rated R for violence/cruelty, nudi- from their rigid, male-dominated soci- you’ll get that and more here. years ago. And justifiably so. ty, sexual content and language. ety’s graces: Margaret (Anne-Marie The performances are nothing short But because his message is driven Running time: 119 minutes)

The horror: ‘Freddy vs. Jason’ is laughably unscary BY DAN DUNN But if it does (and we’re just one “Freddy vs. Jason.” Jason’s mother and tricks the dimwit- Special to the Daily Press big opening weekend away from being Of course, if you’re looking for a ted destroyer into rising from the assured it will) here’s hoping that in, good laugh, “Freddy Vs. Jason” is grave and doing his dirtywork for him. Ideally, recycling washed-up psy- say, 10 years — when the guy in the hands down one of the funniest motion While Jason is hacking a bevy of chopathic killers from overextended mask from “Scream” squares off with pictures of the summer! (Exclamation shapely D-listers to pieces, Freddy’s slasher series will not become de the hook-wielding fisherman of “I point added for possible inclusion in fearsome reputation is inexplicably rigueur in Hollywood, where original Know What You Did Last Summer” newspaper advertisement.) restored, giving him the power to ideas are apparently harder to come by fame — that it’s a lot scarier than the In what New Line Cinema is billing assume new life. Ahh, but killer com- than Saddam Hussein. embarrassingly awful horror flick as the “ultimate showdown,” Freddy petition rears its head — after all, there Krueger (Robert Englund, once again are only so many victims to go around entirely too enamored with his own in a small town like Springwood — schtick) from the “A Nightmare on and soon Freddy and Jason are at each Elm Street” franchise squares off others’ throats (slashing them, of against “Friday the 13th” villain Jason course) in a turf war that will ultimate- Voorhees (Ken Kirzinger, AKA ly leave everyone in sight soaked in unknown actor in a hockey mask). blood and bad one-liners. For fans of the series, both of which Putting aside the ridiculous set-up, lost their luster roundabout their six- woeful acting, and the fundamental teenth or seventeenth installment, the problem with this picture — that in pit- ting Evil against Evil, the filmmakers film is likely to be the ultimate let- have left us without a hero to root for down. Even the most unsophisticated — what makes “Freddy Vs. Jason” so of audiences will likely be put off by insufferable is that it isn’t even remote- director Ronny Hu’s ham-handed ly frightening. attempt to pit these two titans of terror We’re laughing when we ought to against one another at any cost, reason be covering our eyes, yawning when be damned. we should be screaming. At the very Here’s how it goes down: Freddy’s least, horror films are supposed to be feeling neglected in Hell, unable to horrify. Yet all this convoluted clunker invade people’s dreams (his Standard does is mystify. Mutilating Procedure) because, conve- niently, a drug has been invented that (Rated R for pervasive strong hor- prevents slumbertime reverie. ror violence/gore, gruesome images, So Mr. Krueger journeys to the sexuality, drug use and language. “bowels of Hell,” pretends to be Running time: 97 minutes) Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Page 7 ENTERTAINMENT Richly textured ‘Open Range’ is a western worth saddling up for

BY DAN DUNN Luna), come upon an area controlled by an ill- Special to the Daily Press tempered rancher named Baxter (Sir Michael Gambon). Kevin Costner directs and stars in this enter- Baxter has designs to kill the free-grazers and taining drama about a ragtag band of 19th-cen- lay claim to their cattle, but Boss, of course, isn’t tury “free-grazers” forced into a bloody show- about to roll over and die. Neither is Charley, a down with a tyrannical rancher who rules a fron- former gun for hire with a still-itchy trigger fin- tier town. ger and nothing to lose … Though it’s a bit too clumsy and maudlin in … that is, until he meets the town doctor’s parts to merit consideration alongside Costner’s sweet sister Sue (Annette Bening, doing her best Academy Award-winning “Dances With in an underwritten part). Smitten, Charley finds Wolves,” the richly-textured “Open Range” his killer instincts at odds with his desire to set- boasts enough eye-popping scenery and well- tle down with a good woman. choreographed gun battles to make it one of the Of course, these feelings, along with Mose’s better westerns in recent memory. execution at the hands of Baxter’s henchmen, Costner plays Charley Waite, a reticent cattle- raise the stakes considerably at the ultimate gun man with a dangerous past who hooks up with battle — the high point of “Open Range.” the wise old Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall at Though at times, Costner’s over-romanticized his understated finest) to shepherd a herd across view of the cowboy way of life registers a bit too the picturesque American West (though the stun- high on the corn-o-meter, the film’s action ning vistas were actually shot in Canada). sequences are first-rate and the principals deliv- In the bosom our unspoiled prairie, Charley er solid performances. All in all, “Open Range” and Boss have found comfort, if not peace. But is a film worth saddling up for. trouble arrives when the men and their young charges, Mose (Abraham Benrubi of “ER”) and (Rated R for violence. Running time: 135 Button (“Y Tu Mama Tambien” star Diego minutes) Costner brings unconventional views to western genre BY DAN DUNN on glory from a long, long time ago. Special to the Daily Press And I think younger generations aren’t wrong in thinking westerns are It’s no secret Kevin Costner loves bull----, because all too often it’s making movies about baseball, but been simplified to be just white hat his favorite genre — and the one for versus black hat.” which he will best be remembered When the opportunity to make long after he’s rode off into the sun- “Open Range” came along, Costner set — is the western. said he jumped on it primarily His first major role was as a gun- because he felt a deep connection to slinger in “Fandango,” and he kept the material. He sees it as a period his guns a’blazin in “Wyatt Earp” and piece that transcends the era it “Silverado.” But it was “Dances With depicts; a timeless story with univer- Wolves,” an epic western Costner sal themes that will resonate with produced, directed and starred in, that modern audiences. earned him Best Picture and Best “The little things excited me about Director Oscars and secured his place ‘Open Range,’” he said. “Obviously among Hollywood’s elite. you’ve got to get to the gunfight. And “The funny thing is, I directed I’m going to take you there. But I’m ‘Dances’ myself because I couldn’t going to try and break with tradition get anybody else to direct it,” when I get you there.” Costner told me in an interview sev- To that end, Costner eschewed many eral years ago. “The conventional of the conventions of the western. thinking at the time from everybody I The hero he plays, Charley Waite, showed (the script) to was the movie won’t hesitate to fire the first shot or was too long.” shoot a man when he’s down. And if Costner was convinced the project you look closely enough, you can see was a winner and financed the film in him recoil slightly at the sound of his large part with his life’s savings, own gun. making the movie he wanted people When it it’s time for the big gun- to see. The gamble ultimately paid fight, the townsfolk don’t scatter, off, but because he refused to com- they take to the streets to watch it all promise his vision along the way he go down. Yes, there are those “little was accused by some in the industry things” Costner relishes, too — a of being a control freak. woman fussing over a tea set, a man Costner countered: “The biggest digging his wagon out of the mud, a misconception about me is that I’m child playing with a dog in the street controlling. My point of view is that — but the director knows that at the you have to be in control of what you heart of any great western lies good think. I feel like I can be pushed old-fashioned shoot-outs. And on around about 99 yards, but that other that front, he delivers. yard is mine, and that’s where I can’t Costner’s latest film, the sprawling to the western — considered by “I like big horizons, and I like run- be pushed around. western “Open Range,” on which he many to be a dying breed — nobody ning horses. I just know that about “I don’t let people push the movie once again claims directing, produc- does it like Costner. five seconds after you see that stuff, around, and since they don’t have a ing and starring credits. “The idea behind making this something else better be happening better word for that, they call it con- This beautifully crafted film, movie was that westerns can be in the movie,” he said, flashing that trolling.” which co-stars Robert Duvall and great, but too often in the recent past famous boyish grin. “Otherwise, it’s Call it what you will, there’s no Annette Bening, ought to serve as a they haven’t been,” said Costner. like you’re watching somebody mistaking who called the shots on cogent reminder that when it comes “It’s a genre that’s been lazy, living else’s home movies.” Page 8 ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press LOCAL OPCO board gives bank records to colleagues FINANCES, from page 1 Roennau, who is unsure who is still on the board. He also said he doesn’t know when again, which took months because he it meets or what its purpose is anymore. couldn’t be located. He finally was spotted “I’m totally in the dark.” at a DMV line at the end of May and was Mike Strader, another OPCO board served with court papers. member, said the board hasn’t met for two Laudati had 30 days to respond to the months. He said he isn’t sure when it’s complaint. Because he didn’t answer, he supposed to meet. and OPCO are now in technical default again, Clouse said. A judge is expected to make a ruling on the case in September, but OPCO may have difficulties defending itself in the “I think the whole thing is proceedings because of its default, Clouse said. a tempest in a teapot.” Meanwhile, a few OPCO board mem- bers said they received a packet of finan- — MIKE STRADER cial documents from fellow board mem- OPCO board member ber Susan Love Loughmiller last week. Some members reported getting an estimated two years’ worth of records. “It doesn’t say much,” said OPCO “It’s not a full board and I’m not actual- board member Laurel Roennau, adding ly sure who is on the board,” Strader said. that he isn’t sure why Fuller wants the Strader said that when Fuller’s com- documents so badly. “The thing I don’t plaint came up at the last board meeting, understand is what is he going to do with there was talk about getting an attorney. it once he gets it?” “I think the whole thing is a tempest in Fuller, who got involved in OPCO in a teapot,” Strader said. “Rick has done a early 2001, asked to review the accounting lot of good stuff for OPCO.” books and finances, as well as a list of the One of OPCO’s functions is to review organization’s current membership. But his development projects and then recom- requests were ignored for more than two mend to the Planning Commission and Join us to raise funds to fight Heart Disease & Stroke! years. The silence piqued his curiosity. City Council that they be approved or 5k Walk • Health Expo • Kids Zone • Pet Zone* • Food • Music • Giveaways “I have a right to see them and I asked denied. Some OPCO board members who for them,” he said. have recently resigned said they fear a OPCO was formed in 1978 as a com- lack of protection from liability should munity organization for the Ocean Park the organization’s legality be questioned. neighborhood as a nonprofit corporation. Close to a dozen board members have Under California law, it’s required to pro- resigned over OPCO’s inaction in the past vide its membership with financial year. Board members Audrea Golding records, according to Fuller’s complaint. Bitler, Ted Winterer and Elan Glasser In his written request to Laudati in June attempted to work out a resolution with the 2001, Fuller said he was concerned about board to get the finances released last fall. an apparent discrepancy between the num- But they resigned in November out of ber of reported members and the small frustration that no progress had been amount of membership fees collected. made. In early 2002, Bob Loftus, Joe Love Loughmiller, who was appointed Pipersky and Bill Sunblad resigned over late last year after several board members the financial questions. resigned over the issue, wouldn’t com- It’s unclear how much money OPCO Saturday, September 20th LA South, El Segundo* ment. She left a voice mail message this has collected from its members, how many week citing pending legal action by an Six Flags Magic Mountain members there are and what the dues struc- unknown group against the Santa Monica ture is. 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Frank St. 310-828-6444 1908 Frank St. Santa Monica Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Page 9 LOCAL Bus driver grateful to have kept the city moving BURTON, from page 1 many palm trees. Burton clicked with the job immediate- Although Burton remains enthusiastic than his loyalty, many close to him said, is “And I couldn’t believe there was ly. He said he felt good about helping pas- about his work, he plans to retire in how he goes about his work day in and Mexican food. You could never find sengers get to their various destinations. December. He said he wants to spend day out. They point out that his friendli- Mexican food in Arkansas at that time.” “I liked being a big part of their day,” he more time with his daughters, Marion, 35, ness and positive attitude has not wavered After living with his aunt and going to said. “If someone needed to get to work, I and Debbie, 36. Both have families of during his three-and-a-half decade tenure. school in the area for a few years, Burton was the one who got them there. I liked their own, including a four-year old “He’s always had a delightful personal- enlisted in the military. During the early being the person they could depend on. grandson Burton wants to watch grow up. ity, and it never changes,” said Donna stages of Vietnam, he was stationed in “I liked having conversations with Until then, he said he will likely finish Wells, a Big Blue Bus customer service Japan to do work he said was “top secret.” them so they would have less anxiety driving on his current route, the No. 3 He spent the final two years of his service representative who worked as a driver about getting where they needed to be.” Lincoln line from the LA Green Line in Texas before returning to Los Angeles with Burton for 24 years. “To this day, he Burton’s affable nature gained him Station on Imperial to UCLA. As he in 1965. popularity among Big Blue Bus riders wraps up his career over the next few comes in with a sparkle in his eye, a smile Burton struggled to find a steady job on his face and a good word for you.” throughout Santa Monica, as well as the months, he said it will be hard not to look upon his return. He worked for the state, respect of fellow employees, who admired back on the last 36 years. Burton said his sociable demeanor parked cars and labored on a Chrysler stems from growing up in the South, his enthusiasm. “I wouldn’t have them go any other assembly line, but had a tough time find- “His attitude is infectious,” said Greg way,” he said. “When you look at trans- where “people never pass by each other ing a vocation he actually enjoyed. without extending some sort of greeting.” Jones, a Big Blue Bus driver who has portation, it’s necessary. If transportation While he was looking for work that become close friends with Burton. “If stops moving, so does everything else. He was born in Little Rock, Ark., and would better suit him, a friend asked raised by a single mother who encouraged you’re having a bad day, he’s the guy you “And I’m grateful I was able to keep Burton to come along while he applied for hope you run into when you come to work.” things moving all these years.” him to get into music at a young age. a bus driving position with the Metro Burton ended up receiving a music Transit Authority in Los Angeles. On the scholarship to the University of Arkansas trip, Burton decided he would fill out an AM & N, a predominantly black universi- application as well. PURE WATER IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE ty in Pine Bluff, Ark. But after one year at “I just figured at the time it can’t be too the school, his mother sent him to Los tough to get a job as a bus driver,” he said. • Reverse Osmosis System Angeles to take care of his aunt while he He quickly found out it was. He never • Cooler and Cabinet Rentals continued to pursue his education. got the job with MTA in Los Angeles, It did not seem like a big deal to Burton admitting that his work history of con- • Soft Water Systems at the time, but he quickly realized he stantly changing jobs probably cost him would have to adjust to the Southern the chance. 1828 Lincoln Boulevard California way of life. But instead of giving up on becoming a Santa Monica, California 90404-4599 “When my train arrived in Los bus driver, he decided to reapply with the Angeles, I was blown away,” he said. “It MTA in Santa Monica. He got the job just (310) 450-6300 was so different from Little Rock. I was- in time to support his wife, Dorothy, who n’t used to seeing so many people, so he had just married. Santa Monica sets precedent for taking care of beaches BEACHES, from page 1 the first place.” north, Topanga Beach had 19 closures or Four beach locations from the Pacific advisories and Venice Beach had 18. Palisades to Venice are monitored daily, Some of those closures lasted a week said Alamillo, who added that another or longer. four are checked on a weekly basis. “We’re not happy about it, but we have to remember that this is the region’s bay,” said Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom, “We are consciously who sits on a regional commission formed setting a precedent for to address the matter. “When I was grow- ing up, you never thought twice about what other cities.” you would throw down the drain and into the sewer. And that went on for years.” Exposure to storm drain runoff, one of — KEVIN MCKEOWN the leading causes of ocean water pollu- Santa Monica City Councilman tion, can cause colds, fevers, chills, sore throats, diarrhea and other illnesses, Brian Johnson, manager of the city’s according to a study by the Santa Monica environmental division, said Santa Bay Restoration Project, a state agency. Monica is setting an example for other Officials said despite the dirty water, cities. He pointed to the $13 million Santa Santa Monica is one of the most progres- Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility, sive cities in the nation in how it deals completed in 2001, which can treat with ocean pollution. A state-of-the-art 500,000 gallons of runoff each day and treatment facility processes much of the reroute it for irrigation purposes. city’s runoff, while catch basins and fil- But Johnson said capital projects like ters weed out some chemical and biologi- SMURF are not the only solution. FisH FaCTs: cal pollutants that would otherwise flow He said the problem of dirty beaches is to the bay. also being tackled through aggressive liti- Still, there is work to be done. gation, cleanup projects and technological “What we haven’t been so successful advancements, such as new and improved Q: How much voltage can an on is with the wet weather,” said James filters in catch basins. electric eel generate? Alamillo, beach report card manager for City Councilman Kevin McKeown said Heal the Bay, a non-profit organization Santa Monica has come along way since A: On average, about 350 volts, but dedicated to improving the health of the 1909, when the first Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica Bay. “We’re still quite a was constructed as a bridge to carry the as much as 650 is possible. ways away.” sewer line out to sea, where its contents But Alamillo said despite the problems could be dumped away from the shore. associated with rain, only 2 percent of Santa “We are consciously setting a prece- “Don’t ‘bass’ us up. 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LOS ANGELES — City airport agency chief Lydia Kennard said she will resign this fall to pursue private sector opportunities. The resignation of the Los Angeles World Airports executive director comes as Mayor James K. Hahn promotes his $9 billion-plus modernization plan for Los Angeles International Airport. In addition to LAX, Kennard oversees airports in Ontario, Van Nuys and Palmdale, as well as an $862 million annual budget. She was named acting execu- tive director of the airport agency in 1999 and appointed director in 2000. Kennard, who had planned to leave her $259,000-a-year job prior to the Sept. 11, $20 FLAT FEE TO LAX 2001, terrorist attacks, but stayed on to help implement widely praised new securi- with ad only ty measures at LAX, said Wednesday that she supported Hahn's plan. “Under Lydia's direction, the (city's) airports have set a high standard for airport management, financial stability, safety and security,” Hahn said in a statement. Under Kennard, one of the busiest airports in the world met federal deadlines to for only screen passengers and baggage, even as other major airports received extensions Nu from Congress after complaining that they could not comply. “Statistically we had the biggest challenge — we have more baggage than any ra $ .95 other airport in the country and we have more passengers in terms of processing,” 54 Kennard, 49, said. “There was no real focus on not being able to do it — the focus was on getting it done.” She didn't detail her future plans. BThe popular backless, strapless and side-less adhesive bra. A “total freedom” bra. NuBra is Accused kidnapper to stand trial almost invisible so it can be worn with very sheer By The Associated Press clothing. Buy it in bra cup sizes A, B and C. INDIO — A judge ruled that Michael Riley, the alleged mastermind in last sum- See more lingerie at: mer's kidnapping of 9-year-old Nicholas Farber from his father's desert home, is www.breastandmore.com mentally competent to stand trial. Criminal proceedings against Riley, one of four defendants, had been suspended FREE SAME DAY SHIPPING because of questions about his mental condition. But Superior Court Judge Thomas N. Douglass Jr. ruled Wednesday after a two-day competency hearing that criminal pro- ceedings would be reinstated because Riley, 49, understands the charges against him. (310) 463-3808 Defense attorney Arnold Liemans' only witness was psychiatrist Morton Kurland, who evaluated Riley during a jail interview and claimed Riley was psy- chotic and mentally incompetent to stand trial. Deputy District Attorney Cindy Nguyen called several witnesses, including jail personnel, who described Riley as conversant, articulate and rational. The judge said he had difficulty determining Riley was mentally incompetent based solely on Kurland's evaluation, noting the psychiatrist had only seen Riley once for one hour and had not reviewed police reports and other information. A Great Place To Anchor Douglass also said that Kurland indicated he didn't have the time to determine if Riley was faking his behavior. “All the information has came from (Riley) and no other source,” Douglass said. Great Food...Great Cocktails...Great Crew... GREAT FUN!! Riley, Debra Rose, Rodrique Van Blake and Elias Gutierrez are charged with abducting Rose's son from his father's Palm Desert home on Aug. 28, 2002. The boy was rescued and Riley and Rose, 38, were arrested near San Diego two days later. All four defendants face an Aug. 25 trial. Rose, Van Blake and Gutierrez are charged with burglary, assault, child abduc- tion and false imprisonment. Van Blake, 28, Gutierrez, 29, and Riley also are charged with kidnapping. Jimson weed sends teens to hospitals By The Associated Press

SANTA PAULA — Three teenagers were hospitalized after apparently drinking tea brewed with a toxic jimson weed flower that causes hallucinations. Police were called to a home late Tuesday after the family of an 18-year-old boy reported that he was hallucinating and unresponsive, police Chief Bob Gonzalez said. An ambulance took him to Santa Paula Memorial Hospital after he had a seizure. The teenager remained in the hospital's intensive care unit on Wednesday. A neighbor told officers that two teenagers at her house, an 18-year-old girl and a 16- year-old boy, were showing similar symptoms and they were also taken to hospitals. The boy remained in intensive care at Ventura County Medical Center, and the girl was treated at Santa Paula Memorial Hospital and released, hospital officials International Sporting Events • Full Bar • Restaurant • Outside Patio said. Open 7 Days A Week - 365 Days A Year Gang members face life in prison By The Associated Press LIVE! Music Every Wednesday August 20th — Yikes * August 27th — Superseed LOS ANGELES — Five members of a Santa Clarita gang were convicted of the NO COVER retaliation stabbing and beating death of a 19-year-old rival lured to a remote north county area 18 months ago. A Superior Court jury deliberated three days before returning verdicts Now Serving Breakfast 7 Days a Week Monday thru Saturday — 6 am - Noon • Sunday — 7 am - Noon Wednesday against Randy Franco, 22; John Romero, 21; Alfredo Hernandez, 23; Mario Aguillon, 16; and Katherine Mary Henson, 22. They face life prison terms without the possibility of parole when sentenced in 318 Santa Monica Blvd. • Santa Monica October for killing Byron Benito in January 2002. 310-458-5350 • www.britanniapub.com See BRIEFS, page 11 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Page 11 STATE AA OLYMPIC CALIFORNIA BRIEFS Self Storage BRIEFS, from page 10 Serving Santa Monica and West L.A. Thirteen other alleged gang members were charged in the Benito case. Deputy District Attorney John Colello said seven are awaiting trial and six others have pleaded to criminal charges or agreed to testify for the prosecution. Benito was allegedly a member of a gang thought to be responsible for the killing hours earlier of Victor Flores, 19, a member of the defendants' gang, the prosecutor said. Benito was lured to a remote industrial area where he was beaten, kicked, punched, hit with a crowbar and stabbed 33 times by the crowd, Colello said. 2 Months FREE Rent “They wanted Byron Benito as payback for their homeboy being killed. They were the judge, jury and executioner of Byron Benito,” Colello said, noting it was- n't believed Benito had anything to do with the death of Flores. + FREE Lock Call for details Mysterious statue appears at dog park By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — There was an unusual dropping at a Silver Lake dog park: Someone showed up under cover of darkness and left a canine sculpture as a tribute OPEN 7 DAYS to pets killed when the United States dropped atomic bombs over Japan in World War II. “In Memory of All Dogs Killed at Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” read the plaque Call About beneath a statue of a dog. “It's a political statement. It doesn't belong in the park,” an outraged Ray Singer FREE Truck said as his chow mix and German shepherd sniffed at the statue. “It's an anti-war statement. This is the wrong venue for this sort of thing.” Rental Plan Park administrators and city officials were puzzled by the unauthorized statue, which was discovered in the tiny park on Aug. 6. Others wondered if the strange SELF memorial was part of a reality television show, with a hidden camera videotaping STORAGE onlooker reactions. MEMBER “We've got everybody calling us about it. It's not a good thing. A lot of people don't like it,” said LaVerne Thenarse, a recreation assistant at the Silver Lake Recreation Center. When park workers showed up Wednesday evening to confiscate the plaster stat- ue, it shattered. (310)829-2525 3250 OLYMPIC BLVD. • www.selfstorage.net/aaolympic Athletic fields to be built at Taylor Yard By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A deal reached by the state and city will bring athletic fields to Taylor Yard near downtown. California will lease half of the new 40-acre Taylor Yard state park to Los Angeles recreation officials, who will manage the soccer and baseball fields. The SHANE other half will be a more natural setting that will tie the park to the adjacent Los Angeles River. State parks officials said last year they had no intention of building or managing athletic fields at the former Union Pacific railroad maintenance depot. Part of the RESTAURANT & BAR property was purchased with voter-approved bond money. Months earlier, Gov. Gray Davis had posed for pictures at the park site with Hispanic boys and girls from Anahuak, a popular youth soccer league that had no fields to call its own. ECLECTIC COMFORT CUISINE The agreement was negotiated over several months by Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, state Sen. 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Chosen by Champions TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that caps damages received by medical mal- practice plaintiffs in hopes of lowering insurance rates and helping the state retain doctors has won the support of lawmakers amid criticism by people on both sides of the debate. The Legislature on Wednesday approved the measure, which is expected to be signed by Gov. Jeb Bush. Republican legislative leaders agreed to the bill last week after months of fighting over how to set caps on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering. For more information, please contact: Jessica Spiropoulos at [email protected] “I'm confident there will be a reduction in insurance premiums,” Bush said. or (805) 933-0920 or visit “I'm confident that we'll have a better system to deal with the small number of doc- www.jbradshaw.com under “shows” tors that commit egregious malpractice.” But doctors whom the bill was intended to help have said they do not support it and insurance companies have said it probably won't lower rates. And malpractice ALL BREED DOG SHOW victims said limits on damage payouts make it less likely lawyers will take cases, meaning access to justice could be denied. The measure limits a doctor's liability for non-economic damages in most med- “No-nonsense spot where the ical malpractice cases to $500,000. A medical facility's liability would be limited to $750,000 in most cases. A-list goes to eat in peace.” US aggressively pursuing terrorist cells -Vanity Fair, April 2002 By The Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. — The international sting operation that led to the arrest of a suspected arms smuggler should serve as a warning that U.S. intelligence is aggres- sively pursuing terrorist cells and black market weapons dealers, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said. Hemant Lakhani, a Briton described by a federal prosecutor as a “significant international arms dealer,” was ordered held without bond Wednesday. According to an FBI affidavit, Lakhani had arranged to sell a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile he believed was intended to shoot down a commercial airliner, and planned to smug- gle 50 more. The affidavit says Lakhani, dealing with an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Muslim terrorist, was also recorded as saying Osama bin Laden “did a good thing” on Sept. 11, 2001. In an interview Wednesday with CBS News, Ridge said the sting should send a message to terrorists that “we'll just keep comin' at you — one arms dealer, one cell at a time.” Lakhani, 68, is charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to terrorists and acting as an arms broker without a license. Lakhani's lawyer, Open at 8 a.m. for breakfast Assistant Federal Public Defender Donald J. McCauley, refused to comment. Saturdays and Sundays Glacier fire partially contained ♣ Authentic Irish Food ♣ By The Associated Press WEST GLACIER, Mont. — The weather has been cooperating with firefight- ♣ Full Bar ♣ ers battling a massive blaze in Glacier National Park, allowing them to complete part of a burnout to protect a historic lodge and houses near the western shore of ♣ Guinness on Draft ♣ Lake McDonald. Crews planned to complete the upper portion of the burnout Thursday, creating a barrier that will rob the 39,750-acre fire of fuel, said fire information officer Mention this ad to receive a FREE dessert with entree! Marybell Lansford. Forecasters said a dry cold front would hit the state Friday or later, giving fire- fighters time to prepare for the expected strong, erratic winds. The fire forced the evacuation of the western part of Glacier for the second time IRISH PUB AND RESTAURANT ON WILSHIRE in two weeks Sunday when it jumped a road that had been used as a barrier. The park's popular Lake McDonald area, including Going-to-the-Sun Road from 2226 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica (corner of 23rd & Wilshire) West Glacier to Logan Pass, remained closed to visitors. (310) 829-5303 See BRIEFS, page 13 Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Friday, August 15, 2003 ❑ Page 13 NATIONAL❑ INTERNATIONAL WORLD BRIEFLY

BRIEFS, from page 12 US won’t pay North Korea By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is seeking a new relationship with North Korea but is not offering economic assistance as an incentive for terminating its nuclear weapons program, Secretary of State Colin Powell says. “We have put no economic proposals forward at the moment,” Powell said Wednesday as U.S., Japanese and South Korean officials met at the State Department to forge a common strategy designed to induce North Korea to dis- mantle its nuclear weapons program. Powell has offered to put in writing assurances that the Bush administration does not intend to attack North Korea. The three governments were preparing for negotiations with North Korea that are due to begin Aug. 27 in Beijing. China and Russia also will take part in the six- nation talks. Taking a hard line, Bush said at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, that the United States and Asian nations “feel strongly about the peninsula being nuclear-free.” Libya to set up fund for Pan Am victims By The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — Libya has agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for fami- lies of 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing, the families' lawyers said, a move that could end U.N. sanctions and resolve an issue that has made the country an international pariah. The agreement, which was reached Wednesday, was to be followed by a letter to the United Nations admitting responsibility for the attack, said the e-mail signed by attorneys James P. Kreindler and Steven R. Pounian and read to The Associated Press. The attorneys appeared confident that sanctions would be lifted quickly, but U.S. and U.N. diplomats were skeptical. Sanctions imposed by the Security Council in 1992 were suspended in 1999 after Libya handed over two agents indicted for the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, for trial. But under the U.N. resolution, the ban on arms sales and air links to Libya can't be lifted permanently until Libya acknowledges responsibility for the bombing, pays fair compensation, renounces terrorism and discloses all it knows about the explosion. The plane was blown up after taking off from London en route to the United States; most of those killed were Americans. Protester killed in Iraq By The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. troops fired into a crowd, killing one protester, after thousands of Shiite Muslims gathered around a telecommunications tower where they said American forces in a helicopter tried to tear down an Islamic banner. The Americans said they opened fire after a rocket-propelled grenade was launched at them. U.S. military spokesman Sgt. Danny Martin said the banner was apparently blown down by rotor wash from a Black Hawk helicopter. He said that four other people were wounded by American troops after a rocket-propelled grenade was fired at them during the protest in Sadr City, a Shiite Muslim slum in Baghdad. Also Wednesday, guerrillas killed two American soldiers and two Iraqi civilians were killed after attacking U.S. soldiers in separate incidents north of Baghdad. Got News?

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■ ANAHEIM — Tim Salmon hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning, and Jarrod Washburn outpitched Mark Buehrle as the Anaheim Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 Wednesday night. Buehrle (10-12) gave up hits to all three batters he faced in the eighth. Singles by Alfredo Amezaga and Garret Anderson put runners at the corners and Salmon lined the left-hander's 98th and last pitch to the wall in right-center. Francisco Rodriguez (6-2) got the victory, allowing one hit over 1 2-3 innings. Lunch & Dinner Provided Troy Percival got three outs for his 24th save in 25 attempts. Individual Stroke Play • Range Balls • Contests The Angels turned an unusual double play in the eighth after third baseman Scott Please make checks payable and send to Meals on Wheels West Spiezio fielded Tony Graffanino's sacrifice up the third base line. Second baseman P.O. Box 7001, Santa Monica, CA 90406 • T: 310-394-5133 • F: 310-576-1895 • [email protected] Adam Kennedy took the throw at first, barely keeping his foot on the bag on Spiezio's wide throw, then threw to third _ where shortstop Amezaga tagged out Jose Valentin. Washburn, trying to win consecutive starts for the first time since June 4, allowed WEDNESDAY BUCKET NIGHT a run and four hits over 6 2-3 innings and was lifted after 107 pitches with the score 10 Hotwings/Bucket — $4 Any 5 Bottles in a Bucket — $10 tied at 1. The left-hander, who has allowed 27 homers this year, has not allowed a home run in 27 innings over his last four starts _ his longest such streak of the season. ALL SOFTBALL ■ OAKLAND — The Boston Red Sox finally got to one of Oakland's aces. TEAMS & PLAYERS! Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered and drove in three runs apiece as the SPORTS GRILL Have your after game celebration at Red Sox again pulled even with Oakland in the AL wild-card race, beating Mark (Next to 14 below) Mulder and the Athletics 7-3 Wednesday night. and your first pitcher Bill Mueller had a run-scoring single among his three hits as the Red Sox won for just the second time in seven games. After losing the first two games of the 8 TVs • 2 Big Screens of beer is on us!! series, Boston matched Oakland's 69-51 record atop the wild-card standings with an Pop-a-shot • 3 Pool Tables overdue outburst from its prolific offense. Authentic Philly Cheese Steaks, Tim Hudson, Barry Zito and the A's bullpen shut down the Sox in the previous Burgers and More! two games, but Boston canceled Mulder's plans for his 16th victory with a bevy of singles in the third, followed by Ramirez's two-run homer — his 28th of the season Happy Hour 5-7 M-F — in the seventh. *Burger, Fries SUB SANDWICH The expected pitchers' duel between Mulder and Derek Lowe didn't exactly & Pint — $695 Buy One at Regular Price & Get the 2nd materialize. Lowe (12-6) struggled through five innings, allowing five hits and two walks, but stayed in just long enough to get his first win in four starts. 1333 Santa Monica Blvd. of equal or lesser value for FREE! Mulder (15-9) lost consecutive starts for just the second time this season, yield- (corner of 14th and Santa Monica) With Coupon. Expires 8/30/03 (310) 899-0076 ing nine hits, three walks and five earned runs in 6 1-3 shaky innings. Lunch-Time Delivery Available Jose Guillen homered for the A's, who lost for just the third time in their last 14 home games.

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Tonight visitors can enjoy “Escape Behind the posters and the guitars is hidden a per- Swimming Pool R — 1:45, 4:15, 7:30, 10:00 Sur La Table (866) 328-5412 Reality” a show combining magic, comedy and formance room which often plays host to 301 Wilshire Blvd. LOEWS CINEPLEX BROADWAY CINEMAS drama as audiences watch exploding special local musicians, providing a comfortable atmos- 1441 Third Street Promenade effects and elaborate escape artistry. Hosted by phere. Tonight Steve Poltz performs at 8. Poltz, a Freddy vs. Jason R —12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 former member of the Rugburns, has most recent- Grind PG-13 — 11:30, 2:00, 4:30, 7:20, 10:00 CULTURE husband and wife, Steve Spill and Bozena Sparrow, Seabiscuit PG-13 —11:00, 2:15, 6:05, 9:10, also 12:30, this show is sure to entertain. ly made a name for himself as the co-writer of 3:30, 7:00, 10:10 Cinderella, Cinderella!!! 1418 Fourth Street. Santa Monica CA. 90401 Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me.” The Santa Monica Playhouse presents their take AMC SANTA MONICA 7 For more information call: (310) 451-2241 3101 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 on the timeless classic Cinderella. The show is 1310 Third Street Promenade For more information call: (310) 828-4497 American Wedding R - 12:10, 2:40, 5:20, 8:00, 10:30 family friendly, with light-hearted songs, wacky Bad Boys II R 12:30, 3:40, 7:00, 10:15 Gotham Hall stepsisters, and of course, a handsome prince. Finding Nemo G — 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:30, 9:55 This club has a great dance floor and live music, Zanzibar Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life PG-13 — The play’s writers, Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn and there is still room left over for those who just Created by the people behind Temple Bar this club 1:00, 4:00, 7:50, 10:30 Rudie, incorporate lots of comic elements into the Spy Kids 3D: Game Over PG — 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:40, want to shoot some pool. 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Finland; Paris; and Rome and Turin, Italy. Each stop is cretion and the company is immune from the lawsuit. John Rutter, 41, was arrested Tuesday at his apartment expected to last about a month. Christianne Carafano, who uses the stage name Chase in Venice. He was charged Wednesday with one count Titled “Before Ingmar Became Bergman,” the exhib- Masterson, has appeared in numerous films and televi- each of attempted extortion, grand theft and perjury, as it is composed of personal letters, behind-the-scenes film sion programs, most notably starring as the alien charac- well as two counts of forgery. He faces up to six years in footage and archived work from when he was in his early ter Leeta on the TV series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.” prison if convicted, the district attorney's office said. 20s and still a nascent filmmaker. The writer and direc- Carafano sued Matchmaker after learning that an Rutter, who was jailed on $250,000 bail, was scheduled tor, now 85, donated the material to the institute last year. online profile using her photos had been created in to be arraigned Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. “We've tried to create an emotional environment that 1999. The profile included her home address, phone Last week, a judge ordered the photographs and a you can sink your mind into and where you can make number and text stating she sought a dominant man with videotape of Diaz, 30, sealed and set a Sept. 12 hearing your own interpretations,” said Aina Bellis, a spokes- ``a strong sexual appetite.'' in Superior Court on her request for an injunction woman for the exhibit. Carafano received calls and e-mails from would-be against Rutter. Bergman, whose 1983 film “Fanny and Alexander” suitors, who believed the actress was looking for a date Attorneys for Diaz and Rutter have declined to dis- won an Oscar for best foreign film, made about 60 online. She said she felt unsafe in her home and moved cuss the contents of the videotape or describe the photos. movies before retiring from filmmaking. to hotels in Los Angeles for months with her son. Rutter has said, however, that he contacted Diaz's He first gained international attention with “Smiles of Matchmaker took the phony profile down, but only days attorneys to offer them first right of refusal for the pho- a Summer Night,” a 1955 romantic comedy that inspired after the initial request from Carafano's representatives. tographs before trying to sell them to media outlets. He the Stephen Sondheim musical “A Little Night Music.” “I am shocked, and I'm devastated,” Carafano told said soon after he contacted them, authorities raided his But it was “The Seventh Seal,” released two years The Associated Press. “It's obvious that Matchmaker apartment and seized the photos. later, that riveted critics and audiences. An allegorical participated in the creation of the profile which listed A publicist for Diaz, co-star in the two “Charlie's tale of the medieval plague, it contains one of cinema's my home address in combination with blatant sexually Angels” films, has denied the actress ever signed a most famous scenes: a knight playing chess with the explicit lies.” photo release and said a release that Rutter produced is shrouded figure of Death. “As a result, I received a note from someone threat- a forgery. ening to brutally stalk and rape me and kill my son,” she ■ SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court said. “Matchmaker was not a passive vehicle.” ■ STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The Swedish Film rejected a “Star Trek” actress' lawsuit against dating Matchmaker is operated by Terra Lycos. Calls seek- Institute offered a sneak preview Thursday of a new service Matchmaker.com, ruling that a fake Internet pro- ing comment from the company were not immediately exhibit focusing on filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's first file posted with the star's comely image was not the returned.

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